EA CEO Speaks of an Innovative and New Take on Madden?

[Hova57]

http://news.cnet.com/8301-13924_3-10114352-64.html

www.nvidia.com/object/io_1227078291811.html?_templateId=320

http://www.nvidia.com/object/io_1237287245570.html

based on this like i said in the front page poll, i think they had a development team trying to get it to work right, i believe pro-tack was the first part now with it cooperating with PhysX it would be awesome . check it out

[CreatineKasey]

Quote: Originally Posted by Hova57

http://news.cnet.com/8301-13924_3-10114352-64.html www.nvidia.com/object/io_1227078291811.html?_templateId=320 http://www.nvidia.com/object/io_1237287245570.html based on this like i said in the front page poll, i think they had a development team trying to get it to work right, i believe pro-tack was the first part now with it cooperating with PhysX it would be awesome . check it out

Good find. That'd be a great direction for them to take.

[dfos81]

Wow!
Electronic Arts and Take-Two Interactive Software are adopting Nvidia's PhysX technology

Adhering to the laws of physics
The goal of Nvidia's technology -- based on the laws of physics -- is to make game objects respond in a realistic way to physical events. More conventional technology uses a canned response, in which the same response is repeated over and over. For example, a window breaks, or a person falls the same way every time. In a PhysX-enabled football sports game, however, the angle and velocity of the impact is calculated by the GPU to generate a real-time response that is different every time.
The technology was meant to run on the GPU, according to Jon Peddie, whose firm tracks developments in the graphics chip industry. "It's a GPU thing, and the fact that EA and Take-Two are coming out (with support) gives you a clue why," Peddie said. "This really is a significant event," he said, "enabling the GPU to do physics."

I like it! Now thats what I thought "New and Innovative" meant.
Some real-time animations, now thats going to be "next gen".

[dfos81]

Physics is better on GPUs
Peddie explained why physics is more suited for the GPU than the CPU. GPUs today typically have hundreds of processors that are good at doing many things in parallel. "If you have threads or processes that can be run simultaneously, (and) if you have processors available to deal with each one of those threads, then you can get your results a lot sooner," he said.
He described a technique called Same Instruction Multiple Data (SIMD). "The same instruction is the physics equation. Things fall toward Earth all the time. And the multiple data will be what the things are. It might be a rock, might be a person, might be the wheel of a car. You have to be able to process this stuff and have it behave in a realistic fashion. To do that, you have to process it very quickly," Peddie said. "The advantage that GPUs bring is that they have this humongous number of processors. Certainly as good as the (Intel) 486 ever was. So they're really good processors, and you've got hundreds of them literally inside the GPU."

The PS3 uses a GPU made by Nvidia called the RSX

[mm boost]

Exactly, this was my guess...a whole new physics engine. Now just imagine them building on the presentation from Madden 10, coupled with the graphics, depth of franchise, and now a robust physics engine to boot? Innovative would be an understatement. This would blow anything away that we have ever seen before. And if you think about it, it makes sense. They came out with the madden arcade for players that don't prefer sim football, and could be their way of showing that they are moving to an all-new level of sim football. This could be what everyone has been waiting for. And if you think about it, Madden 10 was being developed before this technology was purchased, so it couldn't be included in that installment. However, it has given them a long time to be building Madden 11 off of this engine.

Honestly, now that I think about it, I think they should just change the name from Madden to simply NFL 2011. Seriously, the only presence Madden has on this game is when you have him select your plays (which I have never done in the history of the franchise).

[videlsports]

I think Mark will work on The madden arcade game. But I actually hope he works on th regular MAdden title, bcause once the NFL see's that. it will be the last year of the exclusive contract. LOL. And I could care less either way.Because 2k could enter the fold again.

[Tiko7523]

Quote: Originally Posted by dfos81

Wow! Electronic Arts and Take-Two Interactive Software are adopting Nvidia's PhysX technology Adhering to the laws of physics The goal of Nvidia's technology -- based on the laws of physics -- is to make game objects respond in a realistic way to physical events. More conventional technology uses a canned response, in which the same response is repeated over and over. For example, a window breaks, or a person falls the same way every time. In a PhysX-enabled football sports game, however, the angle and velocity of the impact is calculated by the GPU to generate a real-time response that is different every time. The technology was meant to run on the GPU, according to Jon Peddie, whose firm tracks developments in the graphics chip industry. "It's a GPU thing, and the fact that EA and Take-Two are coming out (with support) gives you a clue why," Peddie said. "This really is a significant event," he said, "enabling the GPU to do physics." I like it! Now thats what I thought "New and Innovative" meant. Some real-time animations, now thats going to be "next gen".

just by this i am guessing that MADDEN 11 will be made on ps3 and ported to xbox360 for the first time this generation???? anyone have insight on that????

[ridemooses]

I think it means that Madden is going to break out of the shell it's been in for too many years. Hopefully this brings fun, realistic change maybe even a game (what seems to be the trend in games now days) which does not feel like the same old game each time you play it.

Pretty exciting stuff.